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240124 VO+UE VM3 / VM8 - International Health and Humanitarian Work (2018W)
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Mitbelegung an der Med Uni
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Language: German, English
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Die LV findet an der Med Uni statt!
Mitbelegung an der Med Uni unbedingt notwendig!!
LV Nr. der Med Uni 851.101Ort: HS2 HygieneDo 04.10.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 11.10.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 18.10.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 25.10.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 08.11.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 15.11.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 22.11.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 29.11.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 06.12.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 13.12.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 20.12.2018 16:30 18:45
Do 10.01.2019 16:30 18:45
Do 17.01.2019 16:30 18:45
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Mitbelegung an der Med Uni notwendig
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The aim is to deploy the potential of the manifold disciplines involved
in international health and draw from the pre-existing body of
experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and
access these to the students. This should provide a ground for
further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve
with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own
position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary The aim is to deploy the potential of the manifold disciplines involved in international health and draw from the pre-existing body of experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and access these to the students. This should provide a ground for further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary The aim is to deploy the potential of the manifold disciplines involved in international health and draw from the pre-existing body of experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and access these to the students. This should provide a ground for further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary frustrations while working towards an eye-level interaction in international encounters beyond scratching the surface.
in international health and draw from the pre-existing body of
experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and
access these to the students. This should provide a ground for
further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve
with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own
position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary The aim is to deploy the potential of the manifold disciplines involved in international health and draw from the pre-existing body of experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and access these to the students. This should provide a ground for further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary The aim is to deploy the potential of the manifold disciplines involved in international health and draw from the pre-existing body of experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and access these to the students. This should provide a ground for further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary frustrations while working towards an eye-level interaction in international encounters beyond scratching the surface.
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VM3/ VM8
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healthcare aspects when working in the so-called 'Global South'
(formerly: developing countries) and will confer basic knowledge on
the history, actors and principles in the humanitarian arena. It will be
touching on the fields of infectious diseases, water/sanitation,
appropriate technology, tropical surgery, post-colonial and gender
studies, waste management, sociology - to name a few. The focus
will be on providing a deeper insight and a critical reflection on
practical aspects of working under resource limited settings and give
an overview of existing resources as well as recent international
spin-off collaborations.guest lectures with discussions, supported by audio-visual material,
thematic focus:
- presenting internationally active unconventional initiatives in
international health
- basic introduction to global health
- analysis of practical examples and pitfalls from the field (surgical /
medical /social / technical...)
- aid dependency and humanitarian dilemma
- critical reflection on humanitarianism and development aid
- inter/transdisciplinary approach towards shelter, access to food,
water and sanitation and their impact on health - and mitigation
strategies
- international players and institutions in essential surgical care and
global health
- access to uptodate information resources and preparation for
missions
04.10.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Introduction to the lecture: Ruth Kutalek & Mina Lahlal (Medical University of Vienna) Denise Lassar, International Organization for Migration (IOM)11.10.2018 16:00 - 18:15 at the new Filmhaus, Spittelberggasse 3, 1070 Vienna Documentary Weapon of choice with the filmmaker Fritz Ofner18.10.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Emmanuel Mbolela, Afrique-Europe interact (with Alexander Behr) 16h30 - 17h15
Ruth Kutalek, Medical University of Vienna25.10.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Ruth Kutalek, Medical University of Vienna Harald Noedl, World Health Organization (WHO)08.11.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Lena Springer, Charité Berlin
Adams Bodomo, Department of African Studies, University of Vienna15.11.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Julia Ha, NGO medico mondiale, Germany
Adams Bodomo, Department of African Studies, University of Vienna22.11.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Elena Jirovski, Medical University of Vienna Mina Lahlal, German Society for Tropical Surgery Martin Röggla, Emergency department, Medical University of Vienna29.11.2018 16:30 -18:45
Andreas Hodel, Search & Rescue / Logistics, ETH Zurich Simone Böll, Kaiser Franz Josef Spital, & Mina Lahlal, German Society for Tropical Surgery06.12.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Ambrose Osakwe, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Bianca Drepper, Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium13.12.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Stefan Kienberger, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
(UNOOSA) - Emergency Response
Maximilian Seilern, Ground Truth Solutions20.12.2018 16:30 - 18:45
Ursula Trummer, Center for Health and Migration Dominic Janisch, Red Cross Water & Sanitation10.01.2019 16:30 - 18:45
Doris Burtscher, Doctors without borders (MSF) Toni Frankenberg, University of Vienna17.01.2019 16:30 - 18:45
Joana Adesuwa-Reiterer, NGO Exit (to be confirmed) Student presentations